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Jeb Bush sees similarities in his foreign policy and his dad’s

January 23, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush believes he’s got the best prescription for American foreign policy, from his strategies for deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, to destroying the Islamic State.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, AIDS, Afghanistan, CORALVILLE, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Jeb Bush, Middle East, North Korea, Persian Gulf War, President Barack Obama, South Carolina Sen, Syria, Ted Cruz, United States, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, White House

Host an international student in Seattle

July 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The World Affairs Council of Seattle is seeking hosts for students arriving in Seattle this summer on State Department-sponsored youth programs. Programs and dates include: Mexico July 20 – August 1 1-2 students Iraq July 25 – August 8 Seeking 1 family to host 2 students: 1 Iraqi and 1 American from another part of […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, Iraq, Mexico, Seattle, South Korea Japan, State Department-sponsored, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

No news is good news — On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

April 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP)—No news is good news. That might have been the bumper sticker for Ash Carter’s first tour of Asia as secretary of defense. It was mostly quiet on the Eastern front. Carter consulted with Japanese and South Korean leaders, gave pep talks to American troops, stressed the U.S. military’s stabilizing influence in the region […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Afghanistan, Ash Carter, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary William Perry, East Asia, Han Min Koo, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korean, President Barack Obama, South China Sea, South Korean, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24, Yemen, japan

COMMENTARY: Diversity — Branching out

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Warisha Soomro Tesla STEM High School I hail from a region where an individual’s world is centered on the people they associate with daily and the screen that keeps them in constant contact. There is a bubble that surrounds the tech city, distancing its inhabitants from the rest of the word while the advancements […]

Filed Under: Education, Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Burma, Diversity Makes a Difference 2015, Global Awareness Week, Global Youth Leadership Initiative, Iraq, Je Suis Charlie, Mexico, Multicultural Club, Seattle, TV, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, social media, technology

Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elain Kurtenbach and Karin Laub Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security precautions Sunday and said it would persist with its non-military support for fighting terrorism. <!–more–> The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Gen Nakatani, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, Junichi Goto, Junko Ishido, Kenji Goto, Mari Yamaguchi, Mayuko Tamura, Security Council, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Yassin Rawashda, japan

Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead

January 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless’’ after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed and promised to save the other.   Shinzo Abe said on NHK TV that the video was likely authentic and offered condolences to the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Germany, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State-affiliated, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Kenji Goto, Kyodo News, NHK, Nobuo Kimoto, Patrick Ventrell, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 6 | January 31 - February 6, White House National Security Council

Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

January 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)  — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s U.S. Central Command on Monday. The Pentagon swiftly suspended the sites and said it appears that no classified material was breached.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Central Command Twitter, China, FBI, FOUO, Iraq, Islamic State, Joshua Campbell, Lincoln Laboratory, New Mexico, North Korea, Steve Warren, Syria, US, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, social media

Defending champion Japan, Iraq open with Asian Cup wins

January 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By John Pye AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa helped engineer

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Abdallatif Albahdari, Abdul Zahra, Ahmad Alhasan, Anas Bani Yaseen, Asian Cups, BRISBANE, Dhurgham Ismail, Iraq, Jalal Hassan, Javier Aguirre, Jordan, Maldives, Maya Yoshida, Palestine, Ramzi Saleh, Ray Wilkins, Saad Abdulameer, Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki, Vol 34 No 4 | January 17 - January 23, Yaser Kasim, Yasuhito Endo, Younis Mahmoud, japan

Rebuilding trust between law enforcement and the community

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Minal Singh Northwest Asian Weekly In light of current debates surrounding the Ferguson trial and Obama’s recent address on immigration, local Seattle officials and government leaders understand the need for better communication between the police and the community they protect. Senator Pramila Jayapal of Seattle’s 37th district told Seattle Weekly she is looking into […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Bhutan, Burma, Cuc Vu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jefferson Community Center, Mayor Ed Murray, Northwest Asian Weekly, OIRA, Obama, Seattle Weekly, Somalia, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, communication, language

Shinseki had support of many vet groups until end

June 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – He’s one of them — a disabled veteran who lost part of his right foot to a mine in Vietnam, a soldier who riled his superiors in the Bush years by telling Congress the United States needed more troops in Iraq than the administration wanted. That bond is why […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Afghanistan, Agent Orange, Although Shinseki, Eric Shinseki, Hawaii-born Shinseki, Homer Townsend, Iraq, Japanese American, Paul Wolfowitz, President Barack Obama, Sloan Gibson, United States, VA, Veterans Affairs Department, Vietnam War, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13

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